I wanted to apologize beforehand for the technical difficulties from the storm but now its my pleasure to get this program started high passing it on to the Museum Samuel jones Senior Historian and dr. Robert citina wholl be leading todays conversation. Senate thanks jeremy and welcomes everyone from beautiful new orleans louisiana. Quite literally in the path of the storm quite literally a few hours from now and eye of the hurricane so we hope everything goes smoothly and i like would jeremy said heck or high water. We hope we dont get any today. Having said that im really excited about todays program. Every now and then in my line of work you get to interview an author that you feel like youve. Every word they have published in this particular authors case that might be difficult but some six as a writer at large for the times and the bestselling up of numerous books this the spy and the traitor and operation mincemeat doublecrossed operation mincemeat a book that many of our audienc
Director of research and history. Im asked they come in a mustard surmise. Move to thepowers rather unprecedented step of prosecuting key leaders both countries, as well as many of the perpetrators executing those policies. Well hear from dr. Peter will discuss the prosecutions that took place in europe, and then dr. Weinberg will be covering the trials and asia. I invite you all to read their biographies in the back of the program. You can ask questions afterward. Please find your cell phones now and make sure the rigors are turned off to not disrupt presenters or your neighbors experience. Before dr. Mcguire takes the podium it is my pleasure to the showcase of the conference. The showcases combined archival footage and images with oral interviews. Conducting the interviews, to editing, to producing the final piece you are about to see is done by members of my team in the research department. Without any further purdue, here is the number trials. I was one of three officers that took